A worthy new word to sum up 2006

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SPRINGFIELD -- With no end to the controversy over the war in Iraq and political wrangling and scandal in this midterm election year, thousands of people were left trying to get to the truthiness of the matter.
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Coined and defined by Comedy Central's political commentator Stephen Colbert as "truth that comes from the gut, not books," the word truthiness best sums up 2006, according to an online survey by the Springfield dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.

Once derided by Colbert as the "word police" and a bunch of "wordinistas," the folks at Merriam-Webster fully embrace his peculiar term, even if it can't be found in the pages of their dictionary
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And winning, it seems, pleases Colbert. "Though I'm no fan of reference books and their fact-based agendas, I am a fan of anyone who chooses to honor me," he said in a statement e-mailed to the Associated Press.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/10/a_worthy_new_word_to_sum_up_2006/

Kudos to you, Mr:

good for Colbert...